A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Teshikaga in Japan on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 127.831 km (79 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 17:14:24 / September 15, 2024 @ 5:14 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ne3a. Unique identifier: us7000ne3a. The temblor was picked up at 17:14:24 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 144.5739° East, 43.2381° North, depth 127.831 km.
Nearby country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Abashiri, Kitami, Nemuro. Epicenter of the event was 33 km (21 miles) from Kushiro (c. 183 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Kitami (c. 113 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Abashiri (c. 42 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Nemuro (c. 31 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Bihoro (c. 23 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km SSE of Teshikaga, Japan.
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